Abstract
Early predictors of prognosis in comatose patients post cardiac arrest help inform decisions surrounding continuation or withdrawal of treatment and provide a framework on which to better inform relatives of the likely outcome. Markers defined prior to the widespread use of therapeutic hypothermia post arrest may no longer be reliable and an up-to-date analysis of the literature is presented.
Keywords:
hypothermia; neurological; outcome; post cardiac arrest; predictors.
MeSH terms
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Brain Damage, Chronic / diagnosis*
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Brain Damage, Chronic / etiology*
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Brain Damage, Chronic / physiopathology
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Brain Damage, Chronic / therapy
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Clinical Decision-Making
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Coma* / physiopathology
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Electroencephalography / statistics & numerical data
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Family / psychology
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Humans
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Hypothermia, Induced / statistics & numerical data
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Medical Futility / psychology
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Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / complications*
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Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / physiopathology*
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Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy
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Persistent Vegetative State / diagnosis*
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Persistent Vegetative State / etiology*
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Persistent Vegetative State / physiopathology
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Predictive Value of Tests
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Prognosis
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Recovery of Function
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Survival Rate